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0 pointsrandyrand10y ago0 comments

WE NEED TO LOWER THE COST OF LIVING

Its unacceptable that food in the US is 2x the cost of that of china, for instance.

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_resul...

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specialist10y ago

Regulating food safety costs money. I'm happy to pay.

randyrandOP10y ago

Is that the only driver of increased food costs? Does China have a lot of food related deaths?

There needs to be solid evidence to justify a 2x increase in the cost of food.

oldmanjay10y ago

You'll have to reduce the value of productivity. Many have tried, but no one has ever pulled it off successfully because it only takes one asshole who realizes the whole scheme is trivially exploitable just by working harder to ruin it for everyone.

randyrandOP10y ago

What does that even mean?

Productivity decreases costs, not the other way around.

Did you mean to say the value of unskilled labor?

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specialist10y ago

Regulating food safety costs money. I'm happy to pay.

randyrandOP10y ago

Is that the only driver of increased food costs? Does China have a lot of food related deaths?

There needs to be solid evidence to justify a 2x increase in the cost of food.

oldmanjay10y ago

randyrandOP10y ago

What does that even mean?

Productivity decreases costs, not the other way around.

Did you mean to say the value of unskilled labor?

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